Elon Musk Drops $44-Billion Twitter Deal; Board Vows Legal Action; What We Know So Far

Elon Musk has terminated the $44 billion Twitter deal, citing that the microblogging platform had failed to supply him correct info on the faux accounts on its web site. The billionaire notified the choice in an US SEC submitting, accusing the social media firm of breaching “multiple provisions of the agreement”. However, Twitter’s board in a bid to nonetheless shut the deal, stated that it might sue Elon Musk to implement the authorized settlement. This comes after months of hypothesis with Musk suspending the Twitter deal, citing misinformation over faux accounts on the platform.

“Mr. Musk is terminating the Merger Agreement as a result of Twitter is in materials breach of a number of provisions of that Agreement, seems to have made false and deceptive representations upon which Mr. Musk relied when getting into into the Merger Agreement, and is more likely to undergo a Company Material Adverse Effect (as that time period is outlined within the Merger Agreement),” stated the attorneys of the tech mogul within the SEC submitting dated July 8, Sunday.

However, Twitter didn’t appear to be giving up so quickly with the corporate’s chairman Bret Taylor taking to the microblogging platform to announce that it was taking authorized motion towards Musk to implement the deal.

“The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement. We are confident we will prevail in the Delaware Court of Chancery,” stated Taylor.

The Twitter Board is dedicated to closing the transaction on the value and phrases agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue authorized motion to implement the merger settlement. We are assured we’ll prevail within the Delaware Court of Chancery.

— Bret Taylor (@btaylor) July 8, 2022

Shares of Twitter had been down 6 per cent at $34.58 in prolonged buying and selling. That is 36 per cent under the $54.20 per share Musk agreed to purchase Twitter for in April.

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